5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

The BEST 5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies recipe made with simple pantry ingredients and zero flour, butter or oil! Soft, chewy cookies with rich peanut butter flavor are the reliable gluten-free sweet treat.

Calling all peanut butter lovers! You all are going to keep these super simple yet satisfying classic peanut butter cookies! Whether you want a quick snack, last-minute dessert or a gluten-free treat, this classic peanut butter cookie recipe comes together in under 20 minutes. The best part is you only need 5 simple ingredients. The best peanut butter cookies that A cook promise the

You could also easily simplify this recipe even more by make 3-ingredient peanut butter cookies! All you need is peanut butter, egg and sugar, but the baking soda really gives them their chewy texture while the vanilla gives an extra boost of flavor!

What goes in

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons cane sugar, or other granulated sweetener
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

How it comes together

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix ingredients. In a medium bowl, combine peanut butter, egg, baking soda, cane sugar and vanilla. Using a hand mixer or whisk, mix all the ingredients really well until all combined. The dough will be thick and sticky.
3. Shape cookies. Scoop about 1 tablespoon of the dough mixture (A cook like to use this small cookie scoop) and roll into a balls. Place them on a prepared baking sheet lined with parchment paper, leaving space between each cookie. Use a fork to gently press a crisscross pattern into each ball, slightly flattening them. A cook also like to smooth up the edges with the finger.
4. Bake. Place the cookies in the oven and bake for 10 to 13 minutes, or until edges are set and centers are still soft. The cookies will continue to firm up as they cool.
5. Cool and enjoy. Let the them cool on the cookie sheet for about 5 minutes, then carefully transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.